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I don't see why many aspects of intonation couldn't be taught the same way ...

• swsieber 10y ago
  I think the point is that different parts of the story need different intonation patterns (reading a scary part vs a boring part, etc.). So in theory, it could be achieved by having multiple training sets (for the different intonation styles), along with analysis of the text to direct which part of the text needs what intonation. You might even be able to blend intonations.
  • nhaliday 10y ago
    Or just pay MTurk workers to annotate texts with intonation cues. I kinda doubt that would be profitable relative to just hiring readers, but in general you don't need to replace workers completely to cannibalize some of their wages/jobs.
    • CamperBob2 10y ago
      Or treat it as part of the original author's job. When you write a piece of music you add tempo and intensity metadata to the score, so why not do the same when writing a novel?
  • drewler 10y ago
    Or the author could just add that information to the text. This way there's no need to "understand" it.